The Hastings Sangha began in September 2018 when Gary Rolfe and Peter Mirchandani, inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh, began to organize house group meetings.  

 

The meetings began informally with quite a loose agenda.  Later the meetings followed more of a Plum Village style format.  Una Hunt became a member and was able to share her experience as a member of the Heart of London Sangha.  

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During the COVID lockdown Gary Rolfe set up zoom meetings for the Hastings Sangha and also attended the Heart of London online meetings.  Gary also set up a Hastings Rainbow Sangha for the LGBTQIA+ community.

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Individual members are welcome to facilitate the meetings once they have gained some experience.  Please let us know if you are interested in helping with this.  Usually there are two facilitators for each meeting.  We would like to meet in person for meditation as well as online.  To do this we need more people to facilitate and sufficient funds to pay for a suitable venue.  Please let us know if you can help support this.